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Man revived after kayak flips in Big Sable River.

February 7, 2016

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Ludington man has been hospitalized following a near-drowning this afternoon at Ludington State Park. According to Mason County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Steve Hansen, the man was riding in a kayak when it flipped over near the Big Sable River dam. Hansen said he was participating in a video shoot. The…

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Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in Covenant Christian School bomb threat.

February 5, 2016
Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in Covenant Christian School bomb threat.

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it has arrested an out-of-state individual in connection to the January 19, 2016 bomb threat at Covenant Christian School in Amber Township. The threat, which was made by email, occurred just after noon on that day and meant that the school’s 90 students and its staff members had to be…

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Deputies arrest suspect in overdose death.

February 5, 2016

LUDINGTON — Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a Muskegon man in connection with the Jan. 28, 2016 overdose death of Adam Johnson, 28, Ludington. The overdose took place in Pere Marquette Township. The suspect has been charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance causing death, a felony punishable by up to life in prison, along…

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Local author to speak at writers’ series.

February 5, 2016
Local author to speak at writers’ series.

LUDINGTON — The Winter Writers’ Series sponsored by Mason County Historical Society and the Sable Points Lighthouse Association continues Thursday, February 18 with a presentation about Lincoln Township, a ghost town that once was the Mason County seat, on the north side of the Lincoln River. The 7 p.m. lecture will be held at the Ludington Area Center of the Arts Gallery, 107 S. Harrison Street.…

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Shoplifting, larceny of cash among police activity.

February 5, 2016
Shoplifting, larceny of cash among police activity.

Recent local law enforcement activity includes: Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2016: – 8:30 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), car/deer crash, Chauvez Rd. and Brye Rd., Pere Marquette Township. – 9:50 a.m., (MSP), one-car crash, no injuries, Kinney Rd. and Morton Rd., Riverton Township. – 6:41 p.m., (MSP), a 32-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for retail fraud at Walmart, PM Township.…

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